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Lecture

September 26th 2012, 6:30 pm — 8:00 pm

Location: Museum of Contemporary Craft

What: A lecture by Cynthia E. Smith, curator of the CITIES exhibit, and also Curator of Social Responsible Design at the Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum. This event is free and open to the public.

Design with the Other 90%: CITIES, on view at both Mercy Corps and Museum of Contemporary Craft, explores innovative approaches in urban planning, sustainable design, affordable housing, entrepreneurship, nonformal education, and public health taking place in informal settlements around the globe. After curating the first exhibition in Copper-Hewitt’s series on humanitarian design in 2007, curator Cynthia Smith spent a year of field research in 15 different cities in Asia, Africa and Latin America, focusing on successful design solutions to rapidly expanding informal cities. Join us for a behind-the-scenes lecture on this exhibition.

Ms. Smith will also give brief introductory remarks at the public reception at Mercy Corps, 5:30 - 7:30 pm pm, Thursday, September 27.

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